The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-24
k'6LYhA'S SlVERk WORDS
HOW HE WELCOMED HIS "LIBER.
ALTON" FROM rHE CHURCH.
His Ridicule Of the Pepe-A Sermon
He Would Hardy Have Preached
at St. Stephens.

Hrom the Staadavd's Verbatim Report Of
DR.. McGlynn's Answer to the Exeommun-
ication Decee
| have already asserted, as has been
published, and now reassert it here,
that / know, on the authority of
most Trustworthy bishop-an init
mate friend of Cardinal Gibbons
that German American bishop of
this country, whose expected reward
for the service, was told, was the
arohbishopric Of st. Louis, went to
Washington to negotiate to have
some representative Of the Pope at
the court Of King Grover the First.
Kisses, groans, applause and laugh
ter. Now, l make haste to say that
that utterance of mine about the
court Of King Grover the First was
by way of little jest, for would
not insinuate for a moment that our
most respected aud honored Chief
Magistrate has the slightest desips to
be known by the name of King Gro
yer, or TO do anything which might
seem to have monarchical tendency.
But it is won deriul thing that these
Roman diplomats should want rep
resentative OF the Pope at the seat of
the government at Washington.
1t is quite in keeping with the
same policy that the pope has sent
two Catholic prelates from Italy
they are at it now-to investigate
Ireland. Kisses and groans. A
voice, They cant make much out Of
Ireland. u An Eoelish noodle and
a Catholic lord, one Earl Of Dem
bigh-and you can always trust an
English Catholic lord to Guido any
English Protestant landlord in his
hatred OF Ireland-said that the Pope
told him not merely OF his affection
and esteem for England aud Of his
great desire to be Of use to England,
but OF the actual manner in which
he proposed to be OF use to her.
daughter aud applause. of course
il would be Of great use to England
If poor Paddy should be so obsequi-
Gus as to do the Pope's bidding in
English politics. An alliance with
the papal cabinet would be worth
millions to the English Cabinet.
Laughter 1t would be money in
Che pocket Of the English Cabinet if
they were TO buy few OF those rep
rosentatives Of the Pope with fl00,-
900 apiece. Laughter.]
st. Bernard, 700 years ago, writing
with extraordinary freedom and
holiness to the Pope, who had been
his disciple in the monastery, among
other things admonished him to be
more solicitous about spiritual than
about temporal affairs. DO not,
thou, apostle of Christ, desecrate
and prostitute thy holy ministry by
troubling thyself too much about
temporal things. GApplause.] Get
some honest man to attend TO those
things for thee, and then trust him
implicitly, and II thou canst not find
an honest man get some man any
how, for il would be better for thee
10 be robbed by b m than 10 be vast
ing thy time 10 temporal trihes.
Laughter and applause.
And another good bit Of advice
that st. Bernard gave 10 Pope Eu.
genius was this: when you are
sending your legates TO other ooun.
tries, try 10 get men who will not &C.
eept presents - euphemistic for
bribes-and who will return as poor
as they went" Laughter and APP
plause.
When / was 10 Rome, ten years ago
i had the misfortune 10 become &C.
acquainted with little fellow named
honsignor AgnozEi. He was the
monsignor SECRETARY OF the propa.
ganda-a quarrelsome little fellow
that the Republic OF Switzerland had
kicked out; aud the eccl, siastical
machine, not knowing what else 10 dc
with him, bad thrust him into the
secretaryship OF the propaganda.
Even there they had 10 get rid OF him
and they found berth for him il
the Republic Of Columbia 10 South
America, where, after the usuaI
quarrel between ChurchIand State
they had gone 10 work TO build vi
religion agsin, rkiDg nothing from
the State but simply TO be let alone
devoting themselves TO buildin,
churches and Summaries, and realll
beginning TO build up religion 81
that IL was commencing 10 flourish
as IL does in the United States o
America. Now, however, they hav,
sent out that little man. Monsignol
AgnozEi laughterl. aud he has al
ready begun 10 btdevil things gener
ally, and 10 ruin religion by maxim,
concordats with the rascally govern
~ ment and thus obslaying the church
And il was with 4 good deal o
knowledge Of the machinery Of Oh,
church that ! said 10 correspondent
si one Of the New York papers il
Buffalo, few weeks ago, that Oh,
presence OF a representative OF Oh,
Pope in Washington would be th,
beginning OF corruption and SLAYER,
10 the Catholic church in America
[Great applause. and a voice wv,
done want any OF that | said sub
stantially, in the same Interview, II
answer TO well meaning and by NJ
mean1 unfriendly Catholic lawye l.
who had written letter TO the Her
aid about my affairs, that with III,
knowledge | had Of Rome ! ioun,
his fancy sketch Of the hearing
should get in Rome extremely laugh
able. Ibid say, aud repeat II here
that the best wsy 10 get anythiDl
out of the Roman machine is to show
your teeth TO it, rather than 10 be 10,
humble before IL. GTumultuous ap
plause aud cheers.
Bismarck and the Car Of Russii
misses and groa1s understand tina
perfectly well; aud il is largely be
cause they have defed the Pope an,
prosecuted the unfortunate Poles il
Russia and Germany, interfering il
all manner OF ways with the genera
liberty Of the Church, that wher
ahey were willing 10 make any kin'
Of a half concession che Pope is de